Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) Deadline Extended to Sept 30, 2025

Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) Deadline Extended to Sept 30, 2025 - DO letter from Member (Personal), PSB

Admin Saturday, September 20, 2025

Manju Kumar
Member (Personnel)
Posts Service Board

D.O.No.8-1/PA-UPS/-Implementation-2025

Dear,

Department of Posts, in accordance with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services Notification F. No. FX-1/3/2024-PR dated 24.01.2025 and the PFRDA Regulations dated 19.03.2025, has been implementing the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for employees covered under or retired from the National Pension System (NPS).

The cut-off date for exercising the option under UPS has been extended up to 30.09.2025. Further, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW), vide O.M. dated 18.06.2025, has extended benefits of OPS in cases of death, invalidation, disability, and retirement/death gratuity to those subscribers opting for UPS.In addition, a one-time, one-way switch option has been made available to UPS subscribers. The CCS (implementation of UPS under NPS) Rules, 2025, have also since been notified.